Download or read book City Planning: a Very Short Introduction written by Carl Abbott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "City Planning: A Very Short Introduction gives an international overview of progress in city planning over the last century. City planning explores the tension between the idea of cities as individually held land-parcels and as representations of community and identity. It has inevitable political and ethical dimensions. Over time, cities have grown and merged, leading to larger-scale thinking about planning, but it remains a regional discipline. Part of city planning involves making cities more resilient to natural disasters and civil conflict. Data, technological developments, commerce, and efficient functioning are important, but human connection is necessary for cities to survive"--